2021 Grants


Alliance for California Traditional Arts

To support 2-3 apprenticeships in traditional material arts

$10,000 | www.actaonline.org


American Museum of Natural History

To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc student biology research in the field through the Richard Gilder Graduate School

$10,000 | www.amnh.org


Anderson Ranch Arts Center

To support a scholarship for an Artist-in-Residence including a small stipend and travel expense

$10,000 | www.andersonranch.org


Archbold Biological Station

To support the Post-Baccalaureate Internship Program

$10,000 | www.archbold-station.org


Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

To support the Artists-in-Residence Program

$10,000 | www.arrowmont.org


Brown Girl Surf, a project of Social Good Fund

To support Brown Girl Surf’s community surf programs, which may include strategic planning

$15,000 | www.browngirlsurf.com


California Academy of Sciences

To support biodiversity science and community science in California; and engaging Bay Area educators with science learning

$50,000 | www.calacademy.org


California Botanic Garden

To support undergraduate summer internships in Applied Plant Conservation at the California Botanic Garden

$10,000 | www.calbg.org


California College of the Arts

To support scholarship(s) for students focusing in ceramics, furniture, glass, jewelry & metal arts, or textiles

$10,000 | www.cca.edu


Center for Furniture Craftsmanship

To support the Teaching the Teachers program, which awards scholarships directly to educational and service organizations that teach woodworking to economically disadvantaged communities in the U.S. and abroad

$10,000 | www.woodschool.org


Coral Reef Alliance

To support reducing land-based sources of pollution in Hawai‘i

$20,000 | www.coral.org


Environmental Grantmakers Association

To support the 2021 Environmental Fellows Program

$22,000 | www.ega.org/environmental-fellows-program 


Field Museum of Natural History

To support a graduate student in a field-based internship for urban monarch and pollinator conservation in 2022

$10,000 | www.fieldmuseum.org


Handweavers Guild of America

To support the Convergence internship program for undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in fiber arts programs

$10,000 | www.weavespindye.org


Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

To support Haystack’s BIPOC fellowship initiative for summer workshops

$10,000 | www.haystack-mtn.org


Hidden Villa

To support the 2021 Summer Camp scholarship fund

$15,000 | www.hiddenvilla.org


Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation

To support scholarship(s) for undergraduate students majoring in Studio Arts

$10,000 | www.iaia.edu


Krenov Foundation

To support scholarship(s) for women in the nine-month program in fine cabinet and furniture making

$10,000 | www.thekrenovfoundation.org


Latino Outdoors, a project of Community Initiatives

To support Latino Outdoors' programs in California

$15,000 | www.latinooutdoors.org


Marine Biological Laboratory

To support an undergraduate student(s) to pursue summer field research at the MBL in 2022

$10,000 | www.mbl.edu


Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation

To support conservation research and education

$40,000 | www.montereybayaquarium.org


Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

To support the MBARI Summer Internship Program

$10,000 | www.mbari.org


Mote Marine Laboratory

To support one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in the Mote Research Experience for Undergraduates Program

$10,000 | www.mote.org


National Geographic Society

To support the STEM Field Assistant Program

$10,000 | www.nationalgeographic.com


National Tropical Botanical Garden

To support a field-based research internship for an undergraduate or graduate student(s)

$10,000 | www.ntbg.org


Native Arts and Culture Foundation

To support the LIFT - Early Career Support for Native Artists program and/or scholarships for the 2022 national convening

$10,000 | www.nativeartsandcultures.org


New York Botanical Garden

To support undergraduate interns or graduate students to engage in field research along with NYBG botanists

$10,000 | www.nybg.org


North Bennet Street School

To support scholarship(s) for students in the full-time program, with a preference for students of diverse backgrounds and/or underrepresented in their craft or trade

$10,000 | www.nbss.edu


Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

To support a Prothero Intern

$10,000 | www.nwswb.edu


Organization for Tropical Studies

To support an Internship in the Urban Tropics

$10,000 | www.tropicalstudies.org


Pa‘i Foundation

To support The Nānā I Ke Kumu cultural workshop series with a focus on hands-on traditional arts

$10,000 | www.paifoundation.org


Peninsula Open Space Trust

To support the Coyote Valley program

$50,000 | www.openspacetrust.org


Penland School of Craft

To support two scholarships for HBCU arts faculty members to attend Penland workshops

$10,000 | www.penland.org


Peters Valley School of Craft

To establish an Artist Residency Program that allows 5 artists (one per studio) to reside at Peters Valley for a period of 2 weeks in the fall or spring season and dedicate their time to their craft in a fully equipped studio within the retreat-like setting of the campus located in a National Park

$10,000 | www.petersvalley.org


Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

To support the Environmental Science Resource Grants Program for public school teachers in Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties

$125,000 | www.venturesfoundation.org


Point Blue Conservation Science

To support the Education Program, including STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed), the Community College Conservation Internship Program, and/or intern training

$40,000 | www.pointblue.org


Polynesian Voyaging Society

To support Moananuiākea – A Voyage for the Pacific

$30,000 | www.hokulea.com/moananuiakea


San Francisco State University

To support up to two rising scholars through the Interdisciplinary Marine & Estuarine Sciences graduate program, based at the Estuary & Ocean Science Center

$10,000 | www.eoscenter.sfsu.edu


Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

To support the Summer Inclusivity Internship Program

$10,000 | www.sbbg.org


Save the Redwoods League

To support at least two students' participation in the BIPOC Science Starter Grant Program

$10,000 | www.savetheredwoods.org


Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

To establish the Arthur E. Maxwell Endowed Graduate Fellowship

$250,000 | www.scripps.ucsd.edu


Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

To support one student to participate in the 2022 summer Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship, focused on marine biological sciences with a field research component

$10,000 | www.scripps.ucsd.edu


Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

To support a scientific illustration internship in the Choy Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for undergraduate or graduate student(s), and/or those in early-career transitional phases that would enable them to progress to their next career stage

$10,000 | www.scripps.ucsd.edu


Society of Arts and Crafts

To support the Mentor Program

$10,000 | www.societyofcrafts.org


Sonoma Land Trust

To support Education and Community Programs, and General Operating Support

$30,000 | www.sonomalandtrust.org


Trust for Public Land

To support Trust for Public Land's Bay Area programs and initiatives

$30,000 | www.tpl.org


United States Artists

To support design and administration of the inaugural year of the Maxwell/Hanrahan individual awards program for emerging and/or under-recognized artisans across the country

$664,600 | www.unitedstatesartists.org


University of California at Santa Cruz

To support two students to attend the CAMINO (The Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities) summer internship program

$10,000 | www.camino.ucsc.edu


University of Hawaiʻi

To support the expenses (including but not limited to stipends) associated with undergraduate internships at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaiʻi for one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds

$10,000 | www.himb.hawaii.edu


UW Friday Harbor Laboratories

To support student(s) to attend the REU Blinks Program for Undergraduates and Post-Baccalaureates at Friday Harbor Laboratories

$10,000 | www.fhl.uw.edu


YMCA of San Francisco

To support the Nature Engagement Education & Staff Mentoring Program and Outdoor Education Programs

$15,000 | www.ymcasf.org